1. Independent Library Users Can:
LOOK UP a book on Destiny
LOCATE the book on a shelf (using a shelf marker)

2. If the library is closed
First!!!
Know what you’re looking for
* library website
* award posters in library
* suggestions from friends
Notice if the library is open
If the library is open
Grab a shelf marker
Go to the catalog
If the library is closed
Go back to class

3. LOOK UP a book
Regular Catalog

4. LOOK UP a book
Destiny Quest

5. If the school library doesn’t own the book you want….
(12,000 books in the school library)
might!!!!
(235,000 books + 65,000 non-book items)

6. Locate The Call Number F KIN Example: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Fiction book
Written by Jeff Kinney F
KIN

7. Write down the call number on a piece of paper!

8. What The Call Number Tells UsF
KIN E
WAT
031
GUI B
FRA
Author
Location
Author

9. Locations 000-999 Numbered items are non-fiction B
Biography (at end of non-fiction) E
Books for Everyone (shelved after bios) F
Fiction (outside perimeter of library)
MAG
Magazines at end of Fiction (by Reference)
REF
Reference items (cannot be checked out)

10. to use a shelf marker!!